Research On The Venracular Architecture Of Donghuali District In Foshan

Foshan city is located in the central Pearl River Delta, where the west and the north river jointogether. From the Tang and Song Dynasties, it gradually develops into a metropolis ofLingnan district. Till Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is already one of China’s "Four Towns" andone of China’s "Four Settlements", with superior economy, culture and natural environment.With the development of modern economy, Guangzhou and Foshan is now constructingregional integration, making the historical city face new upheaval.Contrary to the name of national historical and cultural city, the integrity of the historical andcultural resources of Foshan fail to be effectively protected, the traditional style was destroyed,due to many factors. The Foshan Ancestral Temple——Donghuali historical and culturaldistrict is located in the central old town of Foshan. It is a representation of the historic lookand human environment of Foshan, also a representation of the essence of Cantonese culture.Therefore the culture of the traditional Vernacular Architecture is to a certain extentrepresentative. With the process of the urbanization，however, a large number of historicbuildings with traditional features were removed, the layout of settlements were seriouslydamaged. Worse still, the floating population and consumer culture have great impact on theintangible cultural heritage. That’s why it is particularly important to record and protect thearchitecture, and to research its local culture, building feature and design rules.Selected research range of Donghuali district is an important part of the Foshan historical andcultural district，there are traditional Vernacular Architecture instances of the Qing Dynasty.Foshan traditional Vernacular architecture have obvious Guangfu residential architecturalfeatures, at the same time it form its own unique geographical features under the influence ofthe history, cultural and environmental factors. The formation of the building is closelyconnected with human activities and development. There is regularity in the design and formof the Vernacular architecture, which is also the regularity of the local architectural activity.Hence, the research begins with careful reading of the literature and organized study the historical development of the local traditional Vernacular architecture from the perspective ofanthropologyandarcheology, etc., tograsp the important history of the building message. Thenfrom macroscopic to microscopic, the research span from the urban form and neighborhoodlayout to the design dimension of the streets. The point of the study will focus on the buildingitself, research the type and the basic form of the Vernacular Architecture. Surveying andMapping of the existing traditional residential architecture in Donghuali district. Through thecomparative analysis of different types of residential buildings, and found the similarities,differences and connection. Focus on the different house types, to analyze and compare thedimension of the Vernacular Architecture. The goal is to recover local design ruler, researchthe dimension relationship among the bay, depth, raising-and-depression and patio, mainlythrough the collation of data on the mapping of the Donghuali Vernacular Architecture.Therefore we can sum up the dimension characteristics and design rules of different types ofVernacular Architecture, also the similarities and differences of the dimension of theconstruction law in different types of Vernacular Architecture. Eventually the designdimension model of the Vernacular Architecture will be summed up.